Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web?

["John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>]

Well in my case it's easy... how many people do you know named John Bambenek
(my father doesn't count)? :)

I was just speaking about passwords in that case, presumably people can
remember their email addresses.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Petko D. Petkov <
pdp.gnucitizen () googlemail com> wrote:

> what about usernames? you still need to keep track of your usernames
> since sometimes your preferred username is either taken or not
> possible or you need to login via email or any other peculiarity the
> site supports.
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:43 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
> <bambenek.infosec () gmail com> wrote:
> > I would disagree.  One could simply create a template password and then
> salt
> > it with some acronym for the site in question.
> >
> > For instance, S0m3p4ss!### where ### is a 3-letter acronym for the site
> they
> > are accessing.  Still need only one password to remember and you don't
> > necessarily have a single point of 0wnership anymore.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > I understand the attractiveness of not having to remember lots of
> IDs
> > > and passwords, but when you give up control of your data, you give up
> > > control of your future.
> > >
> > > Normal people aren't going to remember enough passwords, let alone
> > > strong passwords, to make that control meaningful. I do get your
> point,
> > > but I bet that the best alternative is to give them one set of
> > > credentials and make it as strong as possible.
> > >
> > >
> > > Larry Seltzer
> > > eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> > > http://security.eweek.com/
> > > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> > > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> > > larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com
> > >
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